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> until just 1% of the sun was covered Was this confirmed? It's easy to underestimate because the sun is so incredibly bright that it bleeds outside and mainta
by klabb3 4y ago
> until just 1% of the sun was covered
Was this confirmed? It's easy to underestimate because the sun is so incredibly bright that it bleeds outside and maintains it's perceived intensity and radius much more so than the actual numbers, due to various optical phenomena.
For instance, our eyes have logarithmic intensity response curve, so a 2x increase feels more like – say – a 1.1x increase.
- Buttons840 4y agoNo, it's a subjective estimate. Everything I said is subjective. I did look at the sun with glasses that made it appear as a dim orange ball, and as soon as the moon barely started to cover an edge it was comfortable to walk around in the sunshine. By totality we were all wearing jackets. This was in Idaho.